What does Quran 70:9 mean?

Quran 70:9 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, Ayah 9) translates to: "And the mountains will be like wool,"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 70:9 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), the 70th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah.

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Creation, Divine Justice, Accountability, Mountains.

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ

Wa takoonul jibaalu kal'ihn

And the mountains will be like wool,

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

2 other themes with weak connections

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Day of Judgment

70:9Ayah 144

6 ayahs in Al-Ma'aarij are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

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and the mountains will be as flakes of wool in terms of their lightness and their floating about in the wind.

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